Kafanchan is a town located in the southern part of Kaduna State, Nigeria. The town owes much of its development to the railway development in the area. The railway is situated at a particular junction of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) station built in 1927. It sits on the railtrack connecting Port Harcourt, Enugu, Kafanchan, Kuru, Bauchi and finally Maiduguri.
As of 2007, Kafanchan had an estimated population of 83,092.
Image: An Overview of Kafanchan 01
Image: A Bust of Patrick Yakowa
Image: Kafanchan train station 1
Image: Agwam Fantswam I Graveyard 1
Southern Kaduna is an area of the Nok Culture region inhabited by various related ethnic groups who do not identify as Hausa, living south of Zaria, Kaduna State. It is located in the Middle Belt region of Nigeria. Southern Kaduna consists of 12 Local Government Areas out of a total of 23 in Kaduna State.
Nok plastic head on a truck during the SK Fest 2023, Township Stadium, Kafanchan
Nok male figure; 500 BC – 500 AD; terracotta; 49.5 cm × 22.2 cm × 16.8 cm (19.5 in × 8.7 in × 6.6 in); at Kimbell Art Museum (Fort Worth, Texas, USA)
Gugwa group at Ayet 2023
Asharuwa fluters at Afan 2024